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History
USS McAnnUnited States
NameUSS McAnn
NamesakeDonald Roy McAnn
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Laid down17 May 1943
Launched5 September 1943
Commissioned11 October 1943
Decommissioned15 August 1944
Stricken20 July 1953
Fate
  • Leased to Brazil, 15 August 1944
  • Transferred to Brazil, 30 June 1953
USS McAnnBrazil
NameComandante Bauru (D-18, U-28, Be-4)
Acquired15 August 1944
Commissioned16 August 1944
Decommissioned1982
HomeportRio de Janeiro
StatusMuseum ship
General characteristics
Class and typeCannon-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) standard
  • 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) full
Length
  • 306 ft (93 m) o/a
  • 300 ft (91 m) w/l
Beam36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Propulsion4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement15 officers and 201 enlisted
Armament
  • 3 × single Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns
  • 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun
  • 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar (144 rounds)
  • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
  • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

USS McAnn (DE-179) is a retired Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was transferred to the Brazilian Navy in 1944 and renamed as Bauru. She is now a museum ship preserved at the Brazilian Navy Cultural Center in Rio de Janeiro.

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